Sulfoxide, sulfur, and nitrogen oxidation and dealkylation by cytochrome P450

Patrik Rydberg, Ulf Ryde, Lars Olsen

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Abstract

The oxidation and dealkylation of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), dimethylsulfide (DMS), and trimethylamine (TMA) by cytochrome P450 has been studied with density functional theory calculations. The results show that the oxidation reactions always occur on the doublet spin surface, whereas dealkylations can take place for both the doublet and quartet spin states. Moreover, DMS is more reactive than DMSO, and S-oxidation is more favorable than S-dealkylation, whereas N-dealkylation is more favorable than N-oxidation. This is in perfect agreement with experimental results, showing that density functional activation energies are reliable and comparable for widely different reactions with cytochrome P450.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1369-1377
JournalJournal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Volume4
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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